Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital is a federal government of Nigeria teaching hospital located in Nnewi, Anambra state. The current chief medical director is Joseph Ugboaja.

History

The Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital was established by the

Anambra State Anambra State is a Nigerian state, located in the southeastern region of the country. The state was created on August 27, 1991. Anambra state is bounded by Delta State to the west, Imo State to the south, Enugu State to the east and Kogi State ...

government edict number 10 of 1988 as the Anambra State University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Nnewi and shared premises with the then General Hospital, Nnewi. On 16 June 1990, the General Hospital merged with the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital. It was then officially commissioned on 19 July 1991 by the then military governor, Robert Akonobi. The hospital was renamed by the federal government of Nigeria to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital through decree number 68 in 1992, in honour of

Nnamdi Azikiwe Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996), usually referred to as "Zik", was a Nigerian statesman and political leader who served as the first President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966. Considered a driving force behind the n ...

Departments

The hospital consists of four outposts namely: * The centre of community/primary health care,

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, Dunukofia L.G.A. * The

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centre, Oba, Idemili South L.G.A. * Federal staff clinic, Awka, Awka South L.G.A. * The centre of community/primary health care,

Umunya Umunya is an Olu Town and one of the five communities that make up Oyi Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State Nigeria. It is bordered by six neighbors: Ifite-Dunu, Awkuzu, Nteje, Nkwelle-Ezunaka, Ogbunike, and Umudioka. In the south lies Umu ...

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References

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